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Latest Version

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  • Update Date
    2025-01-03 01:45:25
  • All Application
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  • Updated Application
  • Categories
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Added Application
  • Application
    Category
    Description
  • ArXiv
    Web
    arXiv is an open-access archive for scholarly pre-print scientific articles.
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Web
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a US government agency providing health information and resources.
  • Creative Commons
    Web
    Creative Commons offers free licenses and tools to share and use creativity and knowledge.
  • Dribbble
    Web
    A community for designers to showcase their work, find inspiration, and connect with others.
  • The Financial Times
    Web
    The Financial Times is a British daily newspaper providing global business and economic news.
  • Federal Trade Commission
    Web
    The Federal Trade Commission is a US government agency enforcing consumer protection and antitrust laws.
  • npm
    Web
    NPM is a package manager for JavaScript, providing access to a vast registry of packages.
  • New York Post
    Web
    The New York Post (NY Post) is an american daily newspaper based in New York City.
  • Pixabay
    Web
    Pixebay is a stock-photography website providing free images and videos for personal and commercial use.
  • ScienceDirect
    Web
    ScienceDirect is Elsevier scientific publication platform.
  • Statista
    Web
    Statista is a portal providing statistics, market data, and market research across various industries and countries.
  • South by Southwest
    Web
    South by Southwest (SXSW) are Conferences & Festivals, celebrating tech, film, music, and culture.
  • The Globe and Mail
    Web
    The Globe and Mail is a Canadian daily newspaper.
  • The Guardian
    Web
    The Guardian is a UK newspaper.
  • Unsplash
    Web
    Unsplash is an image discovery platform for free to use, high-definition images.
  • World Health Organization
    Web
    The World Health Organization (WHO) is an United Nations agency for global health matters and coordination of international health efforts.
  • Xumo
    Audio/Video
    Xumo is a video streaming platform.
  • Comcast CDN
    Audio/Video
    Comcast CDN is a content delivery network provided by Comcast.
  • Baidu YiYan
    Web
    Baidu YiYan is the Baidu AI chatbot.
  • SkyShowtime
    Audio/Video
    SkyShowtime is a streaming service that combines content from various entertainment brands, including NBC Universal, Paramount, and Sky.
  • Onde
    Web
    Onde is a white labeled platform for management of taxis and ride hailing.
  • DigitalOcean
    Web
    A cloud infrastructure provider offering scalable computing resources for developers.
  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Web
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is a US government agency for food, drugs, and public health.
  • Forbes
    Web
    Forbes is an american business magazine.
  • Gartner
    Web
    Gartner is a research and advisory company offering insights and tools for executives and their teams.
  • GoFundMe
    Web
    GoFundMe is a crowdfunding platform where individuals can raise money for personal causes and projects.
  • Autodesk Instructables
    Web
    Instructables is a community-driven site where users share DIY projects and tutorials.
  • The New Yorker
    Web
    The New Yorker is an american magazine featuring articles on culture, politics, and humor.
  • National Institutes of Health
    Web
    The National Institutes of Health (NIH), is an US government agency responsible for biomedical and public health research.
  • The Atlantic
    Web
    The Atlantic is an American magazine from Washington, D.C. featuring articles on politics, culture, technology, health, and more.
  • TinyURL
    Web
    TinyURL is a URL shortening service that creates short aliases for long URLs.
  • Variety
    Web
    Variety is an american magazine on entertainment covering film, television, music, and theater.
  • TaxiF
    Web
    TaxiF is a ride hailing application. This plugin classifies the website. The mobile applications are classified as onde_app, a white labeled ride hailing management platform.
Updated Application
  • Application
    Category
    Description
  • Dailymotion.com
    Web
    Dailymotion is a website where users can send or watch videos.
  • Ask.com
    Web
    American website with a search engine which lists answers to internet users questions.
  • Steampowered.com
    Game
    Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation.
  • Vk.com (Vkontakte)
    Forum
    VK, or VKontakte, is a Russian social network edited by the VK Group.
  • Zoo.gr
    Web
    Zoo.gr is a social networking and online games website.
  • Yandex.ru
    Web
    Yandex is a Russian search engine.
  • Fsecure Update
    Web
    Fsecure_update is the protocol used for fsecure software updates.
  • Fluxiom.com
    Web
    Fluxiom is an online file management in the cloud.
  • Amazon Generic Services
    Web
    This protocol is a generic layer used as a base for all the services running on top of Amazon platforms.
  • NBA.com
    Web
    News website dedicated to the NBA, featuring video clips.
  • National Football League (NFL.com)
    Web
    nfl.com is the NFL website.
  • NYTimes.com
    Web
    NYTimes.com is the website of The New York Times daily.
  • Reuters.com
    Web
    Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news.
  • Sports Illustrated
    Web
    News portal dedicated to sports.
  • Detiknews.com
    Web
    Indonesian news portal.
  • Amazon Web Services/Cloudfront CDN
    Web
    Amazon AWS is a cloud-computing platform offered by Amazon, that includes Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).
  • mt
    Web
    Money Today is an economic media in Korea.
  • Tistory.com
    Web
    Tistory is a South Korean blog-hosting service.
  • Interpark.com
    Web
    Interpark is a ticketing website.
  • KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)
    Web
    KBS is a national public broadcaster in South Korea, operating radio, television and online services.
  • Amazon Prime Video
    Web
    Amazon Prime Video is an online video on demand service owned and operated by Amazon.
  • Limelight Networks CDN
    Web
    Edgio, formerly Limelight Networks after its acquisition of Edgecast, offers Content Delivery Network, content streaming, and other edge-enabled applications.
  • WeChat
    Instant Messaging
    WeChat is a text and voice messaging application for mobile. This plug-in classifies file transfers, chat and audio/video calls. Tencent is the owner of QQ and Wechat
  • Rakuten.co.jp
    Web
    Online market place for selling goods and auctions.
  • cnYES.com
    Web
    cnYES.com is the most trusted and consulted leading financial portal among the Chinese online professionals.
  • PClady.com.cn
    Web
    Chinese beauty and fashion portal.
  • Wall Street Journal China (cn.wsj.com)
    Web
    Chinese version of the Wall Street Journal.
  • Wretch.cc
    Web
    Taiwanese Photo Album and Blog.
  • Yoka.com
    Web
    Chinese fashion portal.
  • Google Talk (incl. Hangouts and Allo and Duo)
    Instant Messaging
    This signature classifies part of the flows related to the Google IM and audio/video calls applications both for PC and mobile devices. The Google Meet, Google Hangouts, Google Allo, and Google Duo applications are partially classified by this signature. The RTP audio/video flows of Meet, Hangouts, and Duo are classified using DNS Caching and STUN metadata. [ gtalk is also known as google_hangouts, google_allo and google_duo.]
  • Microsoft Office 365
    Web
    Office 365 is a Microsoft on-line service, with pay-as-you-go subscription (monthly or annually), giving access to many Microsoft Office applications from the internet, as well as cloud storage, Skype communications, etc. It also gives free access to the on-line version of the most popular Office applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint).
  • Pinterest
    Web
    On-line service that allows users to attach personal elements on some kind of pinboard.
  • BuzzFeed.com
    Web
    International news webportal.
  • Apple SIRI
    Web
    Advanced voice recognition system used on some Apple iPhone devices.
  • Cyworld.com
    Web
    CYworld is a South Korean social network service which belongs to nate.com. ( http://www.nate.com/cymain/?f=auto_cymain )
  • Paypal.com
    Web
    Online payment services
  • DBS Bank (dbs.com.sg)
    Web
    Singaporian online banking website
  • ElHeddaf.com
    Web
    Algerian sports new portal
  • Qatarliving.com
    Web
    Qatari online classified ads.
  • Radio1.pf
    Web
    French Polinesian radio broadcast website.
  • Willhaben.at
    Web
    Austrian online classified ads.
  • NRK.no
    Web
    Norwegian news portal
  • Rimnow.com
    Web
    Mauritanian news portal
  • Stuff.co.nz
    Web
    New Zealander news portal.
  • Vanguardngr.com
    Web
    Nigerian news portal
  • Aib
    Web
    Irish banking website
  • Amazon Ad System
    Web
    This protocol plug-in classifies the traffic related to Amazon advertising services.
  • BitLord
    Peer to Peer
    BitLord is a free BitTorrent client. This plugin classifies the traffic to the software company website. The generated traffic by this software is classified as bittorrent.
  • Beatport
    Web
    On-line music shop website. This plug-in classifies both search and music download workflows.
  • Nielsen
    Web
    Nielsen is a global information and measurement company that enables companies to understand consumers and consumer behavior.
  • AAJTAK
    Web
    AAJTAK is a popular site in India used for streaming videos.
  • Hootsuite
    Web
    Hootsuite is a social media management system.
  • Amazon Cloud Drive
    Web
    Amazon Cloud Drive is a cloud application which allows photos and videos storage.
  • Hardwarezone
    Web
    Singaporean website about hitec gears. Includes product guides and classified ads as well.
  • Sizmek (previously MediaMind)
    Web
    Amazon Ad Server is an advertisement product and network from Amazon. It is built on the product of the former Sizmek company, that was also known as MediaMind, Eyeblaster and Rocket Fuel.
  • Fastly
    Web
    Fastly is a real-time CDN.
  • Storytel
    Audio/Video
    Storytel is a digital subscription service that enables audio book listening from browser or smartphones.
  • Microsoft Excel Online (Office 365)
    Web
    On-line version of Microsoft Excel.
  • Citizen TV
    Web
    Kenyan news website, including top stories, politics, business, sports, and lifestyle.
  • Microsoft OneDrive
    Web
    OneDrive (previously SkyDrive, Windows Live SkyDrive, and Windows Live Folders) is a file hosting service. Important: most of the traffic is encrypted with generic Microsoft certificates. The classification of this service then needs non-encrypted traffic to be injected.
  • Kalerkantho
    Web
    Bangladeshi news portal.
  • Slack
    Web
    Slack is an online team collaboration tool, featuring both a web browser application and mobile apps.
  • Zoom
    Instant Messaging
    Zoom Video Conferencing, also referred to as Zoom by users, combines video conferencing, online meetings, and mobile collaboration into one platform.
  • Alquds
    Web
    Palestinian news portal.
  • Google Local Guides
    Web
    Local Guides is a global community of explorers sharing their discoveries on Google Maps.
  • Infobae
    Web
    News website localized in Argentina.
  • Clash of Clans
    Game
    Clash of Clans is a free-to-play mobile MMO strategy video game developed by Supercell.
  • Amazon Music
    Audio/Video
    Amazon Music is an online music store.
  • Microsoft Word Online (Office 365)
    Web
    On-line version of Microsoft Word.
  • Microsoft Powerpoint Online (Office 365)
    Web
    On-line version of Microsoft Powerpoint.
  • Merojax
    Web
    Armenian Internet Portal featuring TV Series, Shows, Movies, Music and Radio.
  • Hockey Curve
    Web
    Hockey Curve is a marketing technology service provider.
  • Audible
    Audio/Video
    Audible Inc. is a seller and producer of spoken audio entertainment owned by Amazon.
  • Amazon Chime
    Instant Messaging
    Amazon Chime is a fully-managed communications service in the cloud.
  • Google Chrome Remote Desktop
    Web
    This signature classifies chrome remote desktop based on DNS caching and SSL common name on PC as well as on Mobile
  • Kinogo
    Web
    Pirate movie streaming and download blog.
  • Rabobank
    Web
    Dutch online banking website. This plugin classifies the traffic on rabobank.nl.
  • Google Cloud Platform
    Web
    Google Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services that runs on the same infrastructure that Google uses internally for its end-user products.
  • Clash Royale
    Game
    Clash Royale is an online mobile game by Supercell.
  • krcom
    Web
    krcom.cn is a chinese video website.
  • IronSource
    Web
    IronSource is a digital content company.
  • AWS Console
    Web
    AWS Console is a web application for managing Amazon Web Services.
  • Amazon Cognito
    Web
    Cognito is an Amazon AWS server allowing to keep track of user.
  • Amazon AppStream
    Application Service
    This plug-in used to classify Amazon AppStream, a remote desktop uses to manage applications running in virtual machines on Amazon platform.
  • Go Lang
    Web
    This plug-in classifies some web sites developed with go language (https://golang.org/)
  • Shopify
    Web
    Shopify is an online service to build e-commerce websites.
  • Fifa
    Game
    Fifa is a football video game edited by EA Sports. This plugin classifies video game online traffic.
  • KOCHAVA
    Web
    Kochava provides analytics services. This plugin classifies traffic to kochava.com.
  • Amazon Alexa Assistant
    Thin Client
    Alexa is the Amazon virtual assistant.
  • Minute Media
    Web
    Minute Media is a digital media company. This plugin classifies website traffic.
  • Hotels.com
    Web
    Hotels.com is an online booking or finding hotels platform. This plugin classifies website and iOS application traffic.
  • Indeed
    Web
    Indeed is an online job search platform. This plugin classifies website and iOS application traffic.
  • Amazon Prime Now
    Web
    Amazon Prime Now is the Amazon platform for independent contractors to provide delivery services.
  • Twilio
    Web
    Twilio is a cloud communication platform. This plugin classifies website traffic.
  • Pinduoduo
    Web
    This plugin classifies application and website browsing of Pinduoduo and does not manage live video streaming. Pinduoduo is a Chinese e-commerce company.
  • Tantan
    Web
    Tantan is a Chinese dating application. This plugin classifies website and mobile application browsing traffic.
  • NordVPN
    Tunneling
    NordVPN is a VPN service distributed by Nord Security.
  • FA Premier League
    Web
    FA Premier League is the the English Football Championship. This plugin classifies official website and applications of the Premier League browsing traffic.
  • Aloha VPN
    Tunneling
    Aloha VPN is a VPN service distributed by Aloha Mobile.
  • Surfshark VPN
    Tunneling
    Surfshark is an anonymizing VPN edited by Surfshark BV.
  • Amazon Luna
    Game
    Amazon Luna is a cloud based gaming subscription service from Amazon. Games are streamed to the browser.
  • Amazon Workspaces
    Thin Client
    Amazon WorkSpaces is a desktop virtualization service provided by Amazon AWS.
  • Claude
    Web
    Claude is an AI assistant developed by Anthropic.
  • Freshworks
    Web
    Freshworks Inc. is a cloud-based customer engagement software company that provides a suite of products like Freshdesk.
  • Ring
    Web
    Ring is a company owned by Amazon providing home security and smart home devices. This plugin classifies the Ring Doorbell, the website and mobile applications traffic.
  • Amazon Fire TV
    Audio/Video
    Amazon Fire TV is a media player developed by Amazon.
  • AnyViewer
    Thin Client
    AnyViewer is a remote desktop software.
Categories
  • Category
    Description
  • Antivirus
    Antivirus update
  • Application Service
    Background service
  • Audio/Video
    Application/Protocol used to transport audio or video content
  • Authentication
    Protocol used for authentification purposes
  • Behavioral
    Protocol classified by non-deterministic criteria based on statistical analysis of packet form and session behavior.
  • Compression
    Compression layers
  • Database
    Protocol used for database remote queries
  • Encrypted
    Encryption protocol
  • ERP
    Enterprise Resource Planning application
  • File Server
    File transfer protocol
  • File Transfer
    Protocol used for user-to-user file transfers via Instant-Messaging applications.
  • Forum
    Web forum
  • Game
    Gaming protocol
  • Instant Messaging
    Instant messaging application
  • Mail
    Email exchange protocol
  • Microsoft Office
    Microsoft office sub-protocol
  • Middleware
    Platform protocol for remote procedure calls
  • Network Management
    Protocol used for IT management
  • Network Service
    Low level network protocol
  • Peer to Peer
    Peer to peer application
  • Printer
    Printer commmunication protocol
  • Routing
    Network routing protocol
  • Security Service
    Workstation security application
  • Standard
    Basic layers defined by Qosmos
  • Telephony
    Telephony core network protocol
  • Terminal
    Remote terminal protocol
  • Thin Client
    Remote control protocol
  • Tunneling
    Tunneling protocol
  • Wap
    Mobile specific transport protocol
  • Web
    Generic web traffic
  • Webmail
    Web email application
  • Custom
    Custom Family